{"id":2494449,"date":"2025-10-03T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-alleged-assault-of-ice-officers-in-illinois\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:52:23","slug":"illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-alleged-assault-of-ice-officers-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-alleged-assault-of-ice-officers-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal immigrants arrested for alleged assault of ICE officers in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-immigrants-arrested-for-alleged-assault-of-ice-officers-in-illinois%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2494449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on two incidents in the Chicago suburbs where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-influencer-coaches-illegal-immigrants-how-to-abuse-legal-loopholes-invade-and-steal-us-citizens-houses\/\" title=\"TikTok Influencer ... Teaches ... to Exploit Legal Loopholes for Home Takeovers\">illegal immigrants allegedly<\/a> attempted<\/a> to ram Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with their vehicles. The assaults occurred on Wednesday in Norridge and Bensenville, Illinois, involving individuals from Mexico and Guatemala. Neither incident resulted in injuries. in one case, Miguel Escareno De Loera rammed an ICE vehicle twice before crashing into a stop sign.In the other, widman Osberto Lopez-Funes rammed ICE agents during an enforcement operation and then fled into his residence before being arrested without incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security confirmed these were deliberate attacks during a time of increased violence against immigration officers. The trump management is pursuing assault charges against both individuals and is preparing to deploy the National Guard in Chicago to address crime issues. The assaults coincide with protests at an ICE facility in Broadview, where officers have used teargas to manage demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>DHS Assistant Secretary tricia McLaughlin criticized Illinois political leaders for what she sees as encouraging resistance to ICE and highlighted a important rise in assaults against ICE personnel. Simultaneously occurring, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker condemned Kristi Noem, a figure from the Trump administration, urging accountability for alleged misconduct. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Illegal immigrants arrested for allegedly trying to ram ICE officers in Illinois<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2364005\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> allegedly tried to use their vehicles in &ldquo;deliberate attempts to ram and injure&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago<\/a> metro area.<\/p>\n<p>Both assaults happened on Wednesday in the Chicago suburbs of Norridge and Bensenville. They come as the government is currently concerned about violence against immigration officers. The Trump administration is also preparing to deploy the National Guard in Chicago to help reduce crime and assist with other issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3836991\/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-end-tps-venezuelans-for-now\/\">Supreme Court again allows Trump administration to end TPS for Venezuelans for now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3835822\/would-be-brett-kavanaugh-assassin-sentenced-eight-years-prison\/\">Would-be Brett Kavanaugh assassin sentenced to eight years in prison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3836267\/elon-musk-online-influencers-help-drive-fbi-split-splc-adl\/\">Elon Musk and online influencers help drive FBI split with SPLC and ADL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Neither of the ramming incidents, which involved illegal immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala, respectively, resulted in any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the first assault in Norridge, IL, Miguel Escareno De Loera, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Off...\">criminal illegal alien<\/a>&nbsp;from Mexico, rammed his vehicle into an ICE law enforcement vehicle twice. He then jumped a curb and crashed his car into a stop sign &mdash; ending his violent assault,&rdquo; the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News. &ldquo;Escareno De Loera entered the United States at an unknown date and unknown location, without inspection by an immigration official.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the second instance, Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, rammed his vehicle into ICE agents during a targeted enforcement operation, and then exited the vehicle and fled into his residence in Bensenville, IL,&rdquo; the department added. &ldquo;This criminal illegal alien was later arrested on scene without incident.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration <\/a>is pursuing charges against both illegal immigrants for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-releases-10-videos-showing-most-egregious-attacks-on-capitol-police-officers\/\" title=\"FBI Releases 10 Videos Showing \u2018Most Egregious\u2019 Attacks On Capitol Pol... Off...rs\">assaulting law enforcement<\/a>. Each of the assaults comes as protests ensue at an ICE facility in nearby Broadview. Officers have had to deploy teargas to quell protests there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thankfully, none of our law enforcement officers were killed because of these deranged criminals&rsquo; attacks on law enforcement. This is exactly what happens when [Illinois] Governor Pritzker, [Chicago] Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement,&rdquo;&nbsp;DHS Assistant Secretary&nbsp;Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our ICE law enforcement is facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-aliens-weaponize-cars-in-attempt-to-injure-ice-officers-in-illinois\/\" title=\"\u2018Illegal aliens\u2019 weaponize cars in attempt to injure ... off...rs in Illinois\">including cars &#038;mdash<\/a>; being used as weapons against them,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;Secretary [Kristi] Noem has been clear: anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3835529\/apple-pulls-ice-tracking-app-doj-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APPLE PULLS ICE TRACKING APP FROM STORE FOLLOWING DOJ REQUEST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jb-pritzker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gov. JB Pritzker<\/a> (D-IL) said Friday that Noem &ldquo;should no longer be able to step foot&rdquo; in Illinois without accountability for the Trump administration&rsquo;s gross misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time she faces the public and takes questions from the press to be held accountable for the Trump Administration&rsquo;s gross misconduct,&rdquo; the statement continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illegal immigrants arrested for allegedly trying to ram ICE officers in Illinois<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2494450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/illinois-ice.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5175,50503,55574,32165,6413],"class_list":["post-2494449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrest","tag-assault-2","tag-ice-officers","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-illinois"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/illinois-ice.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494453,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494449\/revisions\/2494453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}